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Jan 09
2024
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Keeping Current: Stay Up to Date with the Latest Biomedical Research
Instructor(s):
Christopher Stave
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41
Researchers today confront an enormous and seemingly overwhelming flood of scientific literature, blogs, podcasts, and more. Fortunately, there are some excellent tools that can help you filter and organize the information that best matches your areas of interest. This workshop will provide a close look at:
Powerful biology/medicine article recommendation databases ...
Jan 11
2024
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Introduction to Research Data Management
Instructor(s):
John Borghi
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43
Your research data is important. In this session, we’ll discuss how to properly store, organize, and document your work to ensure that important data isn’t lost and that you are meeting expectations set by the parties that fund and publish your research. After this session, you’ll have the tools required ...
Jan 17
2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Stanford Hospital Fountain
Historical Walking Tour
Instructor(s):
Drew Bourn
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20
Take a historical walking tour of the School of Medicine. The tour explores the school's history within the broader history of California medicine from the pre-colonial Ohlone period to the present, and highlights some of the architectural elements and art installations that reflect those histories. The tour begins at the ...
Jan 18
2024
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Zotero Basics
Instructor(s):
Evans Whitaker
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47
This interactive class provides an introduction to Zotero, a free reference management tool. Zotero allows you to save and organize citation information from databases and websites, and annotate PDFs within your library. In the Basics class, you will go through the steps of downloading/installing Zotero and necessary plug-ins and connectors. ...
Jan 22
2024
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Literature Searching using PubMed Like a Pro
Instructor(s):
Connie Wong
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49
Discover the secrets of effective PubMed searching in this hands-on workshop. Attendees will learn how to use MeSH, Limits, Clinical Queries, Related Articles, My NCBI, and FindIt@Stanford to locate references, download full-text, and create current awareness profiles quickly and easily.
Please note: This class will be held via Zoom and recorded. ...
Jan 23
2024
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Enhancing your Biosketch with Metrics
Instructor(s):
Patty Smith (Digital Science)
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50
Join us for a practical 45-minute session on how to enhance your NIH Biosketch with metrics using the Dimensions platform.
We will cover:
the basics of different metrics, i.e. Relative Citation Ratio, Field Citation Ratio, and altmetrics
how to use Dimensions to discover your metrics
adding metrics to your Contributions to Science section to ...
Jan 25
2024
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Literature Reviews Beyond PubMed: Crafting Effective Searches in Other Databases
Instructor(s):
Christopher Stave
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49
At Stanford, we have access to a remarkable array of research literature databases, many of which contain relevant content not included in PubMed. Unfortunately, it’s not always clear how to identify these alternate databases, much less craft effective strategies for searching them. This session is designed to help Stanford faculty, ...
Jan 29
2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Quick Start: A 60-minute Research Toolkit
Instructor(s):
Boglarka Huddleston
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50
The Quick Start Research Toolkit is designed to rapidly orient Stanford students, staff, and faculty to key library resources, tools, and services. After attending this class you will be able to:
Efficiently locate and use library materials and services
Identify strategies for increasing the impact of your research
Organize your citations/PDFs and generate ...
Jan 31
2024
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Zotero Advanced
Instructor(s):
Evans Whitaker
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48
This session builds on the Zotero Basics class. You will learn at least two more ways of importing citations from databases and websites. You will learn how to organize your citations into Collections, how to use different citation styles, how to attach PDF documents, and how to integrate Zotero with ...
Feb 15
2024
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Introduction to Research Data Management
Instructor(s):
John Borghi
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50
Your research data is important. In this session, we’ll discuss how to properly store, organize, and document your work to ensure that important data isn’t lost and that you are meeting expectations set by the parties that fund and publish your research. After this session, you’ll have the tools required ...
Feb 20
2024
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Demonstrate your Impact: Tell the Story of your Research Using Traditional Metrics and Altmetrics
Instructor(s):
Patty Smith (Digital Science)
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50
In this 45 minute class, you will learn how to harness the power of alternative metrics, or 'altmetrics', to demonstrate your research impact as an alternative to traditional citation metrics. You will gain expertise and familiarity with altmetrics explorer, a dashboard that houses altmetric data on the individual, article, and ...
Feb 21
2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Stanford Hospital Fountain
Historical Walking Tour
Instructor(s):
Drew Bourn
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20
Take a historical walking tour of the School of Medicine. The tour explores the school's history within the broader history of California medicine from the pre-colonial Ohlone period to the present, and highlights some of the architectural elements and art installations that reflect those histories. The tour begins at the ...
Feb 22
2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Systematic Versus Scoping Reviews: Which is Right for You? How Can the Library Help?
Instructor(s):
Christopher Stave
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50
In this 50 minute presentation, you’ll learn about the differences between Systematic and Scoping Reviews. Both have become increasingly popular, but the rationale about when to choose one versus the other can be confusing. The presentation will also demonstrate how Lane’s Research & Instruction librarians can facilitate the development either ...
Feb 26
2024
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Using Embase for Comprehensive Literature Searching
Instructor(s):
Connie Wong
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50
Learn about Embase, a European biomedical literature database, and discover the secrets of effective literature searching in this workshop. Attendees will learn how to use controlled vocabulary (Emtree), field tags, and proximity operators to develop more sophisticated searches.
Please note: This class will be held via Zoom and recorded. You will ...
Feb 29
2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Zotero Basics
Instructor(s):
Boglarka Huddleston
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50
This interactive class provides an introduction to Zotero, a free reference management tool. Zotero allows you to save and organize citation information from databases and websites, and annotate PDFs within your library. In the Basics class, you will go through the steps of downloading/installing Zotero and necessary plug-ins and connectors. ...
Mar 06
2024
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
What in the World? Library Resources for Global Health Researchers and Advocates
Instructor(s):
Evans Whitaker
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50
"When it comes to global health, there is no 'them'... only 'us.'"
---Global Health Council
This class will introduce attendees to sources of information about global health. We will look at both freely available resources and paid resources available to you through Lane Medical Library. We will use a specific topic to ...
Mar 07
2024
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
How To Use Covidence - Streamline Your Systematic/Scoping Reviews
Instructor(s):
Boglarka Huddleston
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50
This interactive session will introduce you to Covidence, an online tool to accelerate and streamline the systematic review process. You will learn the advantages of using Covidence, recognize how it improves collaboration and evidence synthesis. You will also learn how to set up a project, invite team members, and work ...
Mar 11
2024
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Literature Searching using PubMed Like a Pro
Instructor(s):
Connie Wong
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Seats left:
50
Discover the secrets of effective PubMed searching in this hands-on workshop. Attendees will learn how to use MeSH, Limits, Clinical Queries, Related Articles, My NCBI, and FindIt@Stanford to locate references, download full-text, and create current awareness profiles quickly and easily.
Please note: This class will be held via Zoom and recorded. ...
Mar 13
2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Stanford Hospital Fountain
Historical Walking Tour
Instructor(s):
Drew Bourn
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Seats left:
20
Take a historical walking tour of the School of Medicine. The tour explores the school's history within the broader history of California medicine from the pre-colonial Ohlone period to the present, and highlights some of the architectural elements and art installations that reflect those histories. The tour begins at the ...
Mar 13
2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Zotero Advanced
Instructor(s):
Boglarka Huddleston
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Seats left:
50
This session builds on the Zotero Basics class. You will learn at least two more ways of importing citations from databases and websites. You will learn how to organize your citations into Collections, how to use different citation styles, how to attach PDF documents, and how to integrate Zotero with ...